Naharnet: The Embassies of the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, and Japan affirmed Thursday their strong support for the Lebanese government as the sole entity authorized to hold weapons and decide on matters of war and peace.…
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Al Jadeed: Embassies of the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan: We reaffirm our strong support for the Lebanese government in ensuring that weapons are held exclusively by the state, the sole authority on matters of war…
National News Agency: Wataniya – The U.S. Embassy in Beirut distributed a statement “to the Friends of Lebanon” affirming support for Lebanon’s sovereignty and for weapons to be exclusively in the hands of the state. It said: “We, the embassies of the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada and Japan, as friends of Lebanon, affirm our strong support for the Government of Lebanon in…”
Al Jadeed: Five embassies support the state’s monopoly on weapons… and call for an independent judiciary in the Dahr al-Baydar case. The embassies of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Japan issued a joint statement affirming their strong support for the Lebanese government in its efforts to ensure that weapons are held exclusively by the state, and stressing…
